Events

with Richard Heppner. $7 per person/free to UCHS members

SUNY Ulster Continuing Education class with Warren Ashworth. Pre-registration required through SUNY Ulster (HSI 661-02). $20 per person.

More than half of the 71 covered bridges known to have been built in the four-county Mid-Hudson Region were in Ulster County (Ulster 38; Sullivan 19; Orange 9; and Dutchess 5). Today, of the nine still standing in the region, five are in Ulster County and four in Sullivan County. Covered bridges, those still standing […]

  A presentation about the acclaimed documentary “Objects and Memory,” will be given by its producer-director, Jonathan Fein. The documentary examines how humans preserve the past through the accumulation, cataloguing and display of physical things. The film was screened on PBS to commemorate the seventh and tenth anniversaries of 9/11. “The film … explores the […]

Join trustees, our museum director and volunteers for a Sunday afternoon party at Bevier House where we will gather to enjoy refreshments and conversation in a delightful period garden setting. At 3:30 p.m. Sanford Levy of Jenkinstown Antiques will give a presentation on Hudson Valley artist Julia Dillon (1834-1919), known for her floral still-lifes, and […]

The first settlers to reside in what is now the Town of Marbletown are believed to have come from nearby Hurley in roughly the year 1669. Decommissioned British soldiers would build homesteads on the banks of the Rondout Creek, whose name derives from the word fort or redoubt that was erected near its mouth at […]

While tensions brew between North and South during the 1850s, an idea brews in the mind of an Ulster County farmer. His idea is simple yet grand: establish a must-see destination at a remarkable lake high atop the Shawangunk Mountains. Visitors to Mohonk Lake saw a very different place during the Civil War. Robi Josephson, […]

Discovery Day - Auction Evaluation Event To Benefit The Ulster County Historical Society Please join the members of  Schwenke Auctioneers & Appraisers and UCHS for an historical treasure hunt! Schwenke Auctioneers and Apppraisers are seeking items with potential historical significance or substantial value, including collections and entire estates. Our auction experts will be available by […]

with Patti Brousseau. $55 per basket for General Public participants $45 per basket for UCHS members              Reservations strongly requested please contact by email or phone to save your space.